Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education - Emergency Operations Center and BP Oil Spill - President Barack Obama listens to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson during a briefing about the situation along the Gulf Coast following the BP oil spill, at the Coast Guard Venice Center, in Venice, LA, Sunday, May 2, 2010, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen is seated next to the President. Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan stands at right. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [412-APD-858-P050210PS-0410.jpg]